Alleghany County vs Clarke County

A side-by-side comparison of Alleghany County and Clarke County: population, income, housing, and more.

Alleghany County and Clarke County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clarke County has the higher population (15,060 vs 14,962 in Alleghany County). Clarke County has the higher median household income ($114,185 vs $55,160 in Alleghany County). Clarke County has the higher median home value ($538,900 vs $122,300 in Alleghany County).

Population, income & housing

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
Population	14,962	15,060
Median age	48.1 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,160	$114,185
Median home value	$122,300	$538,900
Median gross rent	$774	$1,360
Housing units	7,916	6,478
Homeownership rate	80.6%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	37.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
Population	15,157 → 14,962 (-1.3%)	14,423 → 15,060 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$47,673 → $55,160 (+15.7%)	$80,026 → $114,185 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$119,700 → $122,300 (+2.2%)	$347,200 → $538,900 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$653 → $774 (+18.5%)	$1,151 → $1,360 (+18.2%)

Alleghany County

Population

15,15714,962

Median household income

$47,673$55,160

Median home value

$119,700$122,300

Median gross rent

$653$774

Clarke County

Population

14,42315,060

Median household income

$80,026$114,185

Median home value

$347,200$538,900

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,360

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.9%
75 and over	11.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	83.2%
Black or African American	5.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
No high school diploma	9.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	44.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
Drove alone	87.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.0%	16.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
1-unit, detached	77.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Alleghany County	Clarke County
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1969	1980